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Here are two sentences that I find difficult to understand the grammar during my reading.
Last year, two of her ministers suggested that convicted tycoons be pardoned if they could contribute ...

I'm reading the preface to Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Ša, originally published in 1901. My mother tongue is not English, and I am having some trouble understanding - in detail - what she actually ...

In the opening sentence of an article I am writing, I state something that would seem obvious to the reader, but that I will challenge (since I will be closing with a slightly different conclusion). ...

I think the following sentences are all grammatical. So I am wondering whether there is a phrasal verb "rub on" that has the same meaning as "rub"-as-a-transitive-verb. If there is no phrasal verb, ...

What's the difference between 'It doesn't seem to rain.'
and 'It doesn't seem to be raining.' ?
Is it that the first means "the rain didn't occur often", and the second means "it doesn't rain in the ...